Hagley Digital Archives

The Hagley Digital Archives provides online access to selected items from the Hagley Library's collection of images, documents, and publications related to the history of business, technology, and society.

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Press conference lead by Heath Larry discussing the development of the Council on Union Free Environment (CUE). The council seeks to create a climate for healthy employer-employee relations without need for third party intervention. The council's co-chairmen, Arthur C. Prine Jr. and Edward J. Dowd Jr., were at the press conference and took questions from the press.

National Governors Conference where governors from forty states gathered and discussed important issues facing the country such as energy, welfare, and the future roles of states in solving these problems. Michigan governor, William Milliken, hosted the conference.

Question and answer part of wage and price standard conference. Speakers: Barry Bosworth (director of President's Council on Wage and Price Stability) and Lester Fettig (Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget).

Peter Nash, former Labor Department Solicitor and former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, summarizing the Labor Reform Act, S. 1883 and H. 8410. Nash does not support the bill because it is not based upon a need for this type of legislation and will wreck havoc on the collective bargaining system that has been in place for over 40 years and has been working.

Law and public affairs communications conference. Welcome speech by NAM president Heath Larry. Panel about business and government relations and questions and answers. Moderator: Dave Twomey. Panelists: Wally Barto, Marvin L. Esch, Dick Goodwin, Paul Huard, and Gene Kline. The second session centers on communications and advertisements with the general public. Moderator: John Bartells. Speaker: Tom Faye, Jim Shaner, Paul Hewitt. Includes question and answer session.

Interview with Luther Hodges Jr., Undersecretary of Commerce and Heath Larry, President, National Association of Manufacturers, discuss the bailout of Chrysler. Includes commercials for Royce's TV Shop, Porcelana, and musical Timbuktu.

Press conference held by Dr. Pierre Rinfret about the proposed labor law reforms in H.R. 8410 and S. 2467. A study was completed to objectively and independently analyze the economic impact of the proposed legislation on inflation, wages, small business, and minority groups. Rinfret gives a statement about the study and its findings followed by questions from the press.

Speaker Dr. Quinn Mills during luncheon session at wage and price standard conference. His topic is the expectations of government and business and labor being at such extremes from each other with respect to economic policy of an administration that has possibly never been seen before in American economic history.

A Screenscope Production; Presented by National Association of Manufacturers. Promotional film for the National Association of Manufacturers advocating the benefits of NAM for manufacturers as a liaison between business and government. Includes footage of interactions between NAM representatives and government organizations.

Law and public affairs communications conference. Second session centers on communications and advertisements with the general public. Moderator: John Bartells. Speakers: Tom Faye, Jim Shaner, Paul Hewitt. Includes question and answer session.

Sit down discussion between NAM president R. Heath Larry and Jan Zima, of Kent State University, that stemmed from an earlier conversation. Larry offers an assessment of Carter's presidency so far and how the National Association of Manufacturers sees it. Carter had a learning curve with how to communicate with Congress, business, and industry.